cruisingteachers4 Posted March 3, 2023 #1 Share Posted March 3, 2023 (edited) I have a AARP giftcard that I used to purchase Shipboard credit for my upcoming cruise. I was thinking about buying another giftcard so that all of my gratuities could be covered once I board. Before I buy another $500 of shipboard credit, I just wanted to verify that I could use this for gratuities. I would hate to buy the shipboard credit and then NOT be able to use it for gratuities. Thank you for your knowledge! Edited March 3, 2023 by cruisingteachers4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCP3 Posted March 3, 2023 #2 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I did that on my last cruise without a problem. I ended up with more credit than I used so the balance was refunded to the credit card I had on file. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisingteachers4 Posted March 3, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissie Posted March 3, 2023 #4 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Why not just pre-purchase the gratuities - what's the benefit of prepurchasing OBC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulders Posted March 3, 2023 #5 Share Posted March 3, 2023 40 minutes ago, lissie said: Why not just pre-purchase the gratuities - what's the benefit of prepurchasing OBC? The AARP gift cards are discounted by 10%, so it costs $450 to purchase the $500 gift card. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisingteachers4 Posted March 4, 2023 Author #6 Share Posted March 4, 2023 1 hour ago, lissie said: Why not just pre-purchase the gratuities - what's the benefit of prepurchasing OBC? Great question - the reason is that I plan on using some of the OBC that was given to us by HAL and our travel agent when we get on board towards gratuities, but it isn't enough to cover all of them and I can't access those until we are actually on the ship. And this way we are saving 10% because of the AARP value gift cards. 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissie Posted March 4, 2023 #7 Share Posted March 4, 2023 1 hour ago, boulders said: The AARP gift cards are discounted by 10%, so it costs $450 to purchase the $500 gift card. There are some huge benefits being an American thtat cruises! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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